St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-04
Signal Service Reports Show the Wealth
er Has Been Slightly Warmer in
the Northern States.
Considerable Excess of Rain in the Cot.
ton Region---The Upper Mississippi
Valley Drouth Ended.
Chinch Bugs Doing Considerable Dam
age 10 Growing Crops in Kansas
and Other Localities.
Reports From the Memphis District In.
dicate That the Cotton Crop
Will be Very Large.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The following
is gthe weekly weather crop bulletin
iSshed by the signal officer to-day for
the week ending July 2. Temperature
During the week ending July 2, 1887,
the weather has been slightly warmer
than usual in the Northern states, the
average daily excess being generally
less than 90, while throughout the
Southern states it was cooler than
usual, the average daily temperature
ranging from 80 to 7obelOw the normal.
Throughout the cotton belt during the
week the daily average was about So
cooler than usual. The average daily
temperature for the season from
Jan. l to July 2 differs less than II
from the normal in all agricultural dis
tricts except in the Southern states,
where the thermal excess, previously re-
ported in the cotton region, has been
slightly reduced, and the deficiency in
the South Atlantic coast slightly aug
mented. During the week the rainfall
has been slightly in excess in the greater
portion of the cotton region, and gen-
orally from the Mississippi river west
ward over the eastern slope of the
Rocky Mountains. Large eXcesses for
the week, ranging from three to ten
inches, are reported from Southern
Georgia, and thence westward to Texas
and
ALMOST DAILY RAINS
Occurred in the Mississippi Valley from
the Gulf States nOrthWard to Wisconsin
and Minnesota, thus ending the drOuth
previously existing in portions OF the
upper Mississippi valley. Heavy rains
are reported this morning from the
statesfOf the Mississippi Valley, and are
indicated for the cotton region and the
corn, tobacco and wheat regions west of
the Aileghenies. From Michigan and
the Ohio Valley eastward to the At
lantic coast there was less rain than
usual for the week, the deficiency
amounting to about one inch. The large
deficiency in rainfall for the season
from January to July, 2,oyer the cotton
regiOn.iS largelythe result of a deficiency
rainsall during the winter and early
spffns months. Considered With refer
ence TO the months OF May and Jane the
rainfall in the greater portion OF the
cottoIi region amounted to from 70 to, 80
per cent. of the average amount of rain
fall for that period. During the same
months less than 80 per cent. of the av-
erage amount of rainfall occurred in the
lower Ohio valley. In Indiana, Illinois,
Southern Wisconsin, Iowa and South
east Minnesota the rains which have Oc
Cured during the past week, and which
continue this morning, are timely and
will probably improve the condition of
the staple crops.
GENERAL. REMARKS.
Reports from the cotton region indi-
cate that the weather during the past
week, owing to the abundant and well
distributed showers, has been favorable
to cotton, although its growth may have
been slightly retarded by cool weather.
The weather has been favorable for
harvesting wheat and hay from the
lake region ssand the Ohio valley east
ward to the Atlantic coast, while in the
Missouri and Mississippi valleys show
ers have delayed harvesting. The
weather has been especially favorable
in the corn region, and the recent rains
have extended over the greater portion
of the corn belt. Excellent growing
weather is reported from New England
and the Middle Atlantic states, where
large hay crop has been secured.